Caring for hospital patients who inject drugs

Slide deck
by
Brothers, Thomas

Release Date

2019

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Findings/Key points

Three things you can do tomorrow: 1. Apply ”harm reduction” and “trauma-informed care” approaches with hospital patients who inject drugs. 2. Sufficiently treat opioid withdrawal to enable medical treatment in hospital. 3. Facilitate evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, starting in hospital

Keywords

Clinical guidance
Harm reduction
About prescribers
Illegal drugs
Hospitals